Holder for cards and other articles



March 7, 1939. J, 5. C'USHMAN 2,149,509

HOLDER FOR CARDS AND ARTICLES Filed May 28,, 1938 Jamesfl madman,

INVENTOR.

Patented Mar. 7, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HOLDER FOR CARDS AND OTHER ARTICLES James S. Cushman, New York, N. Y. Application May 28, 1938, Serial No. 210,674

Claims.

The invention herein disclosed relates to de- I vices for holding display cards, price tickets,

books and other articles for display purposes and the like.

Objects of the invention are to provide a device of the character stated, which will be of simple inexpensive construction, attractive in appearance, so that it may well be used on display counters and the like, and which will be of a design to provide a maximum support in a small size and light weight.

These and other desirable objects are attained by the novel features of invention hereinafter defined and broadly claimed.

The drawing accompanying and forming part of the following specification illustrates several preferred embodiments of the invention. The structure however may be modified and changed all within the true intent and broad scope of the invention.

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of one form of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view as on line 3--3 of Fig. 2, showing in cross section a card supported by the device.

Fig. 4 is a top plan and Fig. 5 is a front elevation of two other embodiments of the invention.

In the simplest form shown, the holder consists of a single piece of sheet metal struck up within the marginal portion of the same to provide a raised base portion 1, supported by a marginal base flange 8.

An inclined supporting or easel portion 9, is struck out and bent up from the raised base portion, it being left attached to the latter at the front by a downwardly struck reverse bend Ill.

Overstanding the inclined supporting portion is a retaining finger ll, shown as cut at l2, l3, partly out of the back piece 9, and partly out of the base portion in front of the back piece. This gives the finger a length sufficient to extend up above the opening [2 in the back piece, and the overlap thus afforded is further increased in the illustration by reason of the downwardly extending bend l0, connecting the back with the base portion.

The retaining finger l l is shown in Fig. 3 as extending upwardly from its point of attachment with the base substantially parallel with the back piece and then bent rearwardly toward said back piece and outwardly curved at 14.

This provides a curved tip portion beneath which a card or other object may be wedged in place beneath the holding finger and the finger may yield if required to accommodate a thickness such as the distance between the back piece and the point of attachment of the holding finger.

The base may be of various shapes, such as the rectangular outline indicated in Figs. 1 to 3, or other angular shapes, circular or elliptical, etc.

In Fig. 4, an elliptical form of base is illustrated constructed as before described, except that the back 9, is made longer to support a longer card or other object and two of the retaining fingers H, are provided projecting up over the lower edge of the support near opposite ends of the same.

In Fig. 5, the device is shown constructed to support a book or similar object. In this case, two of the back pieces 9, are struck up from the base, inclined in respect to each other to support the relatively inclined portions of an opened book, each of the supports having a cooperating retaining finger II, for holding that portion of the book which rests against such support.

In all forms of the invention, the base flange 8, provides a relatively wide flat smooth foundation, which will firmly support the card or other object, without injuring the surface on which the device is placed and the inclined back is an integral part which will not work loose. This inclined back, as well as the front retaining finger may bebent if desired, to support the card, sales ticket or other article at any desired angle of inclination. Also the retaining fingers may be easily bent if necessary to hold thicker or thinner articles in place. With all these advantages, the device presents a neat attractive appearance and can be produced quite inexpensively of metal or other sheet material.

What is claimed is:

1. A holder of the character disclosed, comprising a base of sheet material having a marginal supporting flange, a raised portion within said flange, a back partially detached and bent up from said raised portion and a retaining finger cut out of said back and part of the raised portion in front of the same, said retaining finger projecting upwardly from the raised portion over the face of the back.

2. A holder of the character disclosed, comprising a base of sheet material having a marginal supporting flange, a raised portion within said flange, a back partially detached and bent up from said raised portion and a retaining finger cut out of said back and part of the raised portion in front of the same, said retaining finger projecting upwardly from the raised portion over the face of the back, said back being connected with the raised portion by a depressed bend.

3. A holder of the character disclosed, comprisj ing a base ofsheet material having a marginal supporting flange, a raised portion Within said flange, a back partially detached and bent up from said raised portion and a plurality of retaining fingers cut out of said back and part of the raised portion in front of the same, said retaining fingers projecting upwardly from the raised portion over the face of the back, said retaining fingers cooperable with different portions of the back.

4. A holder for cards, sales tickets and the like, comprising a single piece of sheet material having a fiat smooth marginal flange, a central portion raised above said marginal flange, an inclined back struck from said central portion and con- 20 nected with the front part of said raised portion by a depressed bend, said back extending upwardly from said bend on a rearwardly inclined slant and a retaining finger cutting partially from the back and from the raised,portionoflthe base- W 'irffroht'of said back, said finger extending upwardly on an incline spaced in front of the back and having the upper end of the same bent rearwardly toward the back and rounded forwardly at the upper end.

5. A holder for a book or the like, comprising a base of sheet material having a marginal supporting flange, a central raised portion, back portions relatively inclined to each other and bent upwardly from such raised portion in inclined relation and retaining fingers severed from said back portions and the raised portion in front of the same and bent upwardly in front of said back portions.

JAMES S. CUSHMAN. 

